The nursing shortage in Connecticut has been well-documented, and many experts say a solution will not come quickly. Looking at the long-term challenges, and stepping up to be part of that solution, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in West Hartford, is creating opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to learn more about the in-demand career of nursing.
Read MoreThe vision was to support an inclusive arts and culture sector in the Hartford Region by building an arts economy featuring local artists of color. Launched in the midst of the pandemic in August 2021, when opportunities for the arts – and artists – to flourish were particularly limited, the inaugural Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) program was an initiative of The 224 EcoSpace and was funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Read MoreMichelle McCabe has been named as Executive Director of .Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC), a leading advocate and resource for downtown revitalization and management, providing technical information, regional cooperation, training and networking in communities across Connecticut and at the state level.
Read MoreThe national Governors Highway Safety Association annual spotlight report projects that drivers nationwide struck and killed 7,485 people walking in 2021 – the most in a single year in four decades. The trend in Connecticut and nine other states is less grim.
Read MoreThe morning of June 24th was an unexpectedly dark day, as the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a constitutional right that has been in place since 1973, almost 50 years.
Read MoreIt may be back to the future for union membership in the U.S., and a glimpse of what’s happening in Connecticut may reflect a generational change. Although overall union membership in the U.S. “stands at its lowest percentage in roughly a century,” according to The New York Times, that trend may be reversing.
Read MoreAs the Connecticut Board of Regents (BOR) for Higher Education moves forward with the consolidation of Connecticut’s 12 community colleges into one college with 12 campuses, anticipated in July 2023, there will be new leadership atop the Board.
Read MoreShe long dreamt of buying a “forever home” for herself and her son. When she did, after a long and stressful financing process, it unleashed a torrent of blatant and unrelenting harassment, targeting a Black homeowner in a predominantly white Connecticut neighborhood, even as the state becomes more diverse.
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